Its move to Shizuoka sees it occupy a central spot just to the north of Shizuoka Station, with the installation set to last from now until the conclusion of the Shizuoka Hobby Fair at the end of March, 2011, leaving plenty of time for pilgrimages.

The upgraded beam sabre glows at night and shimmers in the sun during the day, making for an impressive sight – otherwise the display is substantially the same.

ha! if it does... the world leaders would probably shat their pantz and the UN would start going "garble, garble, garble, blah, blah, blah" against it... and USA would be like "if we nuke japs before, we can do it again."

Wasn't there some talk that they're planning on building a 1:1 scale bust of EVA01 somewhere in japan? That it would be like you're standing on the bridge going across its chest while it's in the hangar.

It just won't exist ever. A Human shaped weapon makes no sense : it makes a HUUUUGER target than a tank, can't be as armored as a tank, have too many structural weaks points (i.e. : joints), don't have the mobility of an airplane, etc etc.